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57 Cards in this Set
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Adenoid/o (Combining Form) |
Adenoids |
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Alveol/o (Combining Form) |
Alveolus |
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Atel/o (Combining Form) |
Imperfect; incomplete |
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Bronchi/o , bronch/o (Combining Form) |
Bronchus |
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Capn/o (Combining Form) |
Carbon Dioxide |
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Diaphragmat/o, Phren/o |
Diaphram |
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Epiglott/o (Combining Form) |
Epiglottis |
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Hem/o, hemat/o (Combining Form) |
Blood |
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Laryng/o (Combining Form) |
Larynx |
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Lob/o (Combining Form) |
Lobe |
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Muc/o (Combining Form) |
Mucus |
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Nas/o, rhin/o (Combining Form) |
Nose |
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Orth/o (Combining Form) |
Straight |
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ox/i (Combining Form) |
Oxygen |
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Pharyng/o (Combining Form) |
Pharynx |
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Phon/o (Combining Form) |
Sound; voice |
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Pleur/o (Combining Form) |
Pleura |
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Pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o (Combining Form) |
Lung; air |
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Pulmon/o (Combining Form) |
Lung |
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py/o (Combining Form) |
Pus |
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Radi/o (Combining Form) |
x-rays; ionizing radiation |
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Sept/o (Combining Form) |
Septum (wall off, fence) |
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Sinus/o (Combining Form) |
Sinus |
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Somn/o (Combining Form) |
Sleep |
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Son/o (Combining Form) |
Sound |
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Spir/o (Combining Form) |
Breathe; breathing |
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Thorac/o (Combining Form) |
Thorax; chest; chest cavity |
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Tom/o (Combining Form) |
To cut, section, or slice |
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Tonsill/o (Combining Form) |
Tonsil |
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Trache/o (Combining Form) |
Trachea |
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a-, an- (Prefix) |
Absence of; without |
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Endo- (Prefix) |
Within |
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eu- (Prefix) |
Normal; good |
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-gram (Suffix) |
Record; radiographic image |
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-Graph (Suffix) |
Instrument used to record; record |
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-Graphy (Suffix) |
Process of recording; radiographic imaging |
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-Meter (Suffix) |
Instrument used to measure |
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-Metry (Suffix) |
Measurement |
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-Pexy (Suffix) |
Surgical fixation; suspension |
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-pnea (Suffix) |
Breathing |
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-rrhagia (Suffix) |
Rapid flow of blood |
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poly- (Prefix) |
Many; much |
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Tachy- (Prefix) |
Fast; rapid |
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-algia (Suffix) |
Pain |
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-ar, -ary, -eal (Suffix) |
Pertaining to |
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-cele (Suffix) |
Hernia or protrusion |
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-Centesis (Suffix) |
Surgical puncture to aspirate fluid (With a sterile needle) |
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-Exctasis (Suffix) |
Stretching out; Dilation; expansion |
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-emia (Suffix) |
in the blood |
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-Scope (Suffix) |
Instrument used for visual examination |
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-Scopic (Suffix) |
Pertaining to visual examination |
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-Scopy (Suffix) |
Visual examination |
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-Spasm (Suffix) |
Sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
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-Stenosis (Suffix) |
Constriction or narrowing |
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-Stomy (Suffix) |
Creation of an artificial opening |
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-Thorax (Suffix) |
Chest; chest cavity |
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-Tomy (Suffix) |
Cut into; incision |